Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1887-09-16
FARM DAIRY AND HOUSE Id
LIQUID Manure.

The New England Farmer gives
this answer to correspondent
who inauire, as to the best meth
cd of applying liquid manure on
a farm: "The best method of saw
ing and using liquid manure W.
have ever seen in practise is that
adopted by DR.. Jabez Fisher, OF
Fitchburg, Mass. His stable, II
which is kept cow and q horse,
is at quite a distance from the
dwelling house, a field of several
&C. - lying between. TIL, field
has a gentle slope, the stable be-
ing at the lower side and the
residence at the upper, The
wastes IF the house, together with
the rain falling upon the roof of
the barn, are carried into the barn
basement, which is made water
tight by coats of cement on bottom
and sides. Once or twice year
the liquid ia pumped out and dis
tributed over the field from q water
cart with sprinkler attached.
The cart is filled from a cham
pump in the barn floor and the
outlet to the sprinkler is made
just large enough to allow the cart
to be emptied in going once across
the field up the slope. Many who
attempt to use liquid manure fail
from using it in too concentrated
q form. 1t can hardly be used too
weak, except for the cost of haul
ing 50 much water. DR.. Fisher
keeps his field continually in grass
and gets heavy crops of excellent
hay.
"Mr. Henry Grew, of Hyde
Park, Mass, has applied liquid
manure successfully to orchard
trees, by pumping it from a els
tern in the lowest part of the
barn cellar and distributing it
under the trees through faucet
in large cask set upon wheels.
Under exceptional conditions Ii:
quid manuring may be maac to pay
If the liquid is judiciously applied,
but from tn fact that, although
the system has long been recon-
lnended, especially by foreign
agricultural societies, it has not
come into general use in this coun-
try, it is evident that tits not very
well adapted to the needs of our
American cultivators. 1t will not
pay to use it ON large fal s,s, or
where the fields to be MANFRED
are at distance from the source
of supply. 1t ca2not pay to haul
pure water far for agricultural pur-
poses, and liquid manure must be
very largely composed of pure
water. Solid horse manure will
absorb all the urine made by the
animal, and the same is partially
true of the solid manure of other
amin ais. Fresh manure, if prop
erly housed, will part with much
of its moisture by evaporating,
without waste of the valuable
elements, TINS saving the expense
of hauling the surplus water. Our
practice has been, and our advise
is to use sufficient bedding material
for farm stock to keep the animals
clean and comfortable. 1t may lie
straw, damaged hay, sawdust or
dry peat, loan or sand. These
will absorb the liquid, and will
hold the valuable portions, even
though much of the water is
evaporated by exposure to the air,
or by gentle fermentation. In
localities where grain Is abundant,
straw is one of the best and cheap
est substances for absorbing the
stable liquids. 1t is often spread
thickly over the cattle yards, and
in some cases pumps are set in
the lowest part for pumping the
drainage over the top, thus aiding
the evaporation of the water and
the decomposition of the straw"